Display shelves



NOV. 3, 1959 NIELD 2,911,108

DISPLAY SHELVES Filed June 10, 1957 F/Gl. l9

Inventor DOUGLAS NIELD.

. zttomey United States Patent 2,911,108 DISPLAY SHELVES Douglas Nield,Cardiff, Wales Application June 10, 1957, Serial No. 664,850

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-90) This invention comprises improvements in orrelating to display shelves and one of the objects of this invention isto'provide a shelf which can be readily hung on the walls of theinterior of a house in a simple and efiicient manner, and where hung, ona plastered wall, without damaging the plaster on the wall.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shelf, the positionof which can be readily changed to suit the varying tastes of theindividual in harmony with changing furnishing schemes, without damageto the walls.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a display shelfwhich can be readily used for the display of flowers or plants on thewalls, as moisture from such,

is trapped on the shelf and cannot damage the wall decorations.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a shelf according to this invention, provided with a detachable strutmember. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the shelf shown in Figure 1,with the strut member detached from the shelf, and a Figure 3 is avertical section showing the shelf and strut member secured to a wall orthe like.

In carrying the present invention into practice as shown upon theaccompanying drawings, the upstanding part 15 of the shelf 16 is adaptedto abut the wall 21 as shown in Figure 3, and in this upstanding part 15of the shelf is provided a plurality of downwardly inclined apertures 19which are adapted to accommodate pins 20 for driving into the plaster orthe like of the wall 21 to retain the shelf in position. The peripheraledge of the shelf 16 is provided with an upstanding part 17 so as toform a dished like top'to the shelf 16 in order that moisture or thelike may be retained therein and thus prevent it from draining down thewall.

The front part of the shelf 16 on its underside is provided with anabutment 22 having two depending side and end walls into which the frontpart 23 of a detachable strut member 24 is adapted to be located,

whilst the rear part of the strut member 24 is adapted to be locatedbetween two projections 25 formed on the underside of the shelf 16.Downwardly inclined apertures 26, 27 are provided at the top and lowerparts of the strut member 24, in each of which is adapted to be locatedpins 28, 29 for securing the strut member 24 in Patented Nov. 3, 1959material as the shelf 17. The edge 30 of the strut 24 is curved or cutaway in order to permit of the downwardly inclined aperture 26 beingprovided at the top part 31 of the strut member 24 which is adapted tobe located adjacent the wall into which the pin 28 is located fordriving into the plaster or the like of the wall 21. A similar inclinedaperture 27 is formed in said strut member 24 at the lower end 32thereof, for likewise securing this end of the strut member 24 to theplaster or the like of the wall 21.

The forward part of the shelf top 16 will be supported by the forwardpart 23 of the strut member 24 and so provide a very rigid and strongshelf and support for the display of ornaments, flowers or the like. i

Where larger and longer shelves are used, a plurality of strut membersmay be provided to strengthen the support given for an increase inweight placed on the shelves.

What I claim is:

A display shelf, comprising a shelf part, an upstanding peripheralflange on said shelf part, downwardly inclined apertures in saidupstanding peripheral flange where said peripheral flange is to abut awall, to receive pins to be driven into a wall in an inclined directionto retain said shelf in position, an abutment on the forward part of theunderside of said shelf having two depending side walls and an end wall,a pair of locating projections on the rear underside of said shelf inalignment with the abutment thereon, a detachable strut member forlocation between the two depending side walls and end wall of theabutment and locating projections on the underside of said shelf betweenwhich the upper part of said strut member is located, a cut away portionat the top edge of said strut member to permit of a. downwardly inclinedaperture being provided in the top rear portion of the strut member fora pin to be driven into a wall in a downwardly inclined direction, and adownwardly inclined aperture in the lower part of the strut member toreceive a pin to be driven into a wall in a downwardly inclineddirection for holding the strut member in position on a wall.

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